Sealing

Automated solutions for individual purposes

The manual sealing process of aircraft structures is a time consuming task which requires absolute precision and quality. Broetje-Automation has successfully developed market-ready industrial technology to meet the high standards of the sealing process with automated systems.

Automatic sealing increases productivity, quality and consistency. The application is executed by standard industrial robots or based on a modular cobot integration, modified to a high precision manufacturing system by specially developed software of Broetje-Automation. The flexible control system and variable applicator heads allow the sealing of diverse, even most inaccessible aircraft parts, while maintaining and monitoring the quality of the applications with our peripheral systems. The newly designed end-effector is capable to provide both, catridge application and mixing of two-component sealings in process in order to replace expensive pre-mixed sealants.

Robotic Sealing

Technical Data

Mixing on Demand
Functional Principle: Volumetric
Weight: 40 kg (88 lb) Packages: Mobile tanks (up to 3 liter capacity)
Application pressure: 0 – 20 bar
Size: 750 x 250 x 200 mm
30 x 10 x 8 in
Materials: Polysulfide & Epoxy Offline progammable with Broetje Soul
Cartridge Application
Functional Principle: Pneumatic
Weight: 12 kg (28 b)
Add-on: opt. rotatable nozzle
Add-on: rotatable nozzle (7th Axis); Cartridge quick change system; Nozzle quick change system; Fill level measuring; Live view camera HD; Scale System; Collusion prevention
Application pressure: 0 – 8 bar
Size: 450 x 250 x 230 mm
18 x 10 x 9 in
Materials: Polysulfide & Epoxy

Special Features

Reduced number of process steps and labour hours
Improved H&S
Reduced cost of material and demandon labour qualification
Reduction of waste
Reliable high quality sealing beads
Solution for all requirements, in Assembly lines as a stationary robot as well as a mobile robot on a platform or a collaborative robot (Cobot)

Referencing

Global referencing with Laser Scanner
Local tracking/ Path Correction

Sealing Areas

3-D printed, customized Nozzles for application on various pin and collar sizes
Fillet sealing on straight as well as curved material
Edge Sealing on single as well asconnected parts

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Cobot Sealing

Technical Data

Mixing on Demand

Functional Principle: Volumetric Functional
Weight: 40 kg (88 lb)
Add-on: opt. rotatable nozzle
Packages: Mobile tanks (up to 3 liter capacity)
Application pressure: 0 – 20 bar
Size: 750 x 250 x 200 mm
30 x 10 x 8 in
Materials: Polysulfide & Epoxy
Offline progammable with Broetje Soul

Cartridge Application

Principle: Pneumatic
Weight: 12 kg (28 b)
Add-on: rotatable nozzle (7th Axis); Cartridge quick change system; Nozzle quick change system; Fill level measuring; Live view camera HD; Scale System; Collusion prevention
Application pressure: 0 – 8 bar
Size: 450 x 250 x 230 mm 18 x 10 x 9 in
Materials: Polysulfide & Epoxy
Offline progammable with Broetje Soul

Special Features

Reduced number of process steps and labour hours
Improved H&S
Reduced cost of material and demand on labour qualification
Reduction of waste
Reliable high quality sealing beads
Solution for all requirements, in Assembly lines as a stationary robot as well as a mobile robot on a platform or a collaborative robot (Cobot).

Referencing

Global referencing with Laser Scanner Local tracking/ Path Correction

Sealing Areas

3-D printed, customized Nozzles for application on various pin and collar sizes
Fillet sealing on straight as well as curved material
Edge Sealing on single as well as connected parts

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